Ira L. Rush (1890-1949) was an American architect in practice in Minot, North Dakota from 1915 until his death in 1949.[1]
Ira L. Rush | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 14, 1890 |
| Died | May 9, 1949 (aged 58) near Surrey, North Dakota |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
Life and career
editIra Leon Rush was born June 14, 1890, in Bushnell, Illinois to John T. Rush and Ida Mae (Aten) Rush. He was raised in Minot, where he attended the local schools, graduating from Minot High School in 1909. He worked as an architectural drafter until enrolling in the University of Minnesota in 1910, but left the university after a year to return to work. In 1912 he resumed his education at the University of Illinois, graduating in 1915 with a BS in architectural engineering. He then returned to Minot where he opened his own office as an architect.[2][3] Rush practiced architecture in Minot for over thirty years, and won several design competitions for courthouses.[4]
Personal life and death
editRush was married in 1917 to Eula Margaret Brooks of Urbana, Illinois. They had two children: Dorothy, born in 1918, and Ira Leon Jr., born in 1919.[2][3] Rush died in the early morning of May 9, 1949 in an auto accident near Surrey, east of Minot.[1]
Legacy
editIn 1950 Ira L. Rush Jr. graduated from the University of Minnesota and returned to Minot, where he operated his father's architectural office under his own name into the 1970s.[5]
A number of his works survive and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Notable works include
edit- All Saints' Episcopal Church, 301 Main St S, Minot, North Dakota (1920–21)[6]
- Adams County Courthouse, 600 Adams Ave, Hettinger, North Dakota (1928–29, NRHP 1985)[7]
- Burleigh County Courthouse, E Thayer Ave, Bismarck, North Dakota (1930–31, NRHP 1985)[7]
- Dickinson City Hall (former), 25 2nd Ave W, Dickinson, North Dakota (1930)[8]
- Klinefelter Hall,[a] Dickinson State University, Dickinson, North Dakota (1931)[8]
- Corbett Field, 1124 E Burdick Expy, Minot, North Dakota (1935–37)[9]
- Ransom County Courthouse, Fifth Ave W, Lisbon, North Dakota (1937–38, NRHP 1985)[7]
- Sheridan County Courthouse, 215 E Second St, McClusky, North Dakota (1938–40, NRHP 1985)[7]
- Minot High School addition, 215 1st St SE, Minot, North Dakota (1940)[10]
Notes
edit- ^ A contributing resource to the Dickinson State Normal School Campus District, NRHP-listed in 1997.
References
edit- ^ a b "Rush, Ira 1889-1949". The Bismarck Tribune. May 9, 1949. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "Ira Leon Rush" in The Semi-Centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, ed. Franklin W. Scott (Urbana: University of Illinois, 1918): 595.
- ^ a b "Rush, Ira Leon" in Who's Who in the Central States (Washington: Mayflower Publishing Company, 1929): 843.
- ^ Marty Perry (October 3, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: North Dakota County Courthouses (Thematic)". (18 pages in main PDF, passages about individual courthouses in separate PDFs)
- ^ "Rush, Ira Leon" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 788.
- ^ Illinois Alumni News 6, no. 6 (December 15, 1920): 88.
- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Dickinson State Normal School Campus District (1997)
- ^ "Minot Mallards Baseball: Ballpark". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20.
- ^ Minot Commercial Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1980)